South Carolina health officials release new COVID-19 numbers

SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE YOUR NUMBERS FOR YOU TONIGHT IN SOUTH CAROLINA 436 NEW REPORTED CASES OF CO 19 AND 23 MORE DEATHS ARE CONFIRMED ACROSS THE STATE DXS GENERAL HOSPITALIZATIONS FROM COVID-19 TO DECLINE WITH COVID PATIENTS MAKING UP LESS THAN SEVEN PERCENT OF INPATIENTS IN HOSPITALS RIGHT NOW. FRIDAY IS THE BUSIEST DAY FOR COVID-19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. WYFF NEWS 4 INVESTIGATES BROKE DOWN THE AVERAGE DAILY DOSES ADMINISTERED THE COUNT HAS RISEN EACH MONTH IN 2021 AND MORE DOSES ARE GOING INTO WORMS ON FRIDAYS THAN ANY OTHER DAY. WE FOUND THE WEEKENDS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWER THAN WEEKDAYS. OUT HERE IS A LOOK AT THE DOSES ADMINISTERED BY DAY IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. YOU CAN SEE THE DIPS IN THE NUMBER OF DOSES EACH WEEKEND, MARCH 11TH MARKS THE MOST DOSES ADMINISTERED ON ONE DAY IN THE STATE SO FAR. NOW SOUTH CAROLINA DEHK WANTS TO REMIND EVERYONE WHO HAS RECEIVED THE PFIZER OR MODERNA VACCINE TO GET YOUR SECOND DOSE. FOR RECEIVING QUITE A FEW REPORTS FROM PROVIDERS OF INDIVIDUALS HAVING THEIR SECOND DOSE APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED BUT NOT SHOWING UP AND THIS IS INDEED VERY CONCERNING. THE HECK REMINDS EVERYONE THAT YOU’RE NOT FULLY VACCINATED UNTIL TWO WEEKS AFTER YOU GET THAT SECOND DOSE OF THE VACCINE BOTH FISER AND MODERN ARE REQUIRED TO DOSES. THE JANSEN VACCINE IS A ONE SHOT ONE TO MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT. JUST GO TO THE VAX LOCATOR THERE. WE’LL LEAVE THIS UP ON YOUR SCREEN FOR JUST A BIT HERE. INGLES THAN CLEMSON UNIVERSITY HAVE TEAMED UP TO PROVIDE VACCINE APPOINTMENTS FOR CLEMSON EMPLOYEES. UNIVERSITY SURVEYED ITS EMPLOYEES AND FOUND THAT MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE WANTED AN APPOINTMENT INGLES SAYS THOSE EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED DIRECTLY ABOUT MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. IN NORTH CAROLINA NEARLY 2100 NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 REPORTED TODAY HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE DRASTICALLY GONE DOWN OVER THE LAST MONTH IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A SMALL UPTICK OVER THE LAST THREE DAYS YOU SEE IT THERE 981 COVID PATIENTS RECEIVING TREATMENT IN THE HOSPITAL STATEWIDE RIGHT NOW 912 NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTED ACROSS GEORGIA TODAY MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT POSITIVE ON THE TEST THERE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONFIRMS 75 MORE DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS AS WELL. 115 MORE PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL.

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